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Stop taking food snaps, plead chefs: French restaurant bans cameras after head cook complained about diners taking pictures of their meals
Sharing pictures of food online is an established trend
However French chefs are now trying to stop diners taking snaps
They claim it ruins the atmosphere and could give away their secrets
By Louise Eccles
PUBLISHED: 00:57, 17 February 2014 | UPDATED: 00:57, 17 February 2014
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It is a commonplace sight in Britain’s high-end restaurants.
A customer, delighted with their meal, photographs their plate of food and posts it on Twitter.
The snapshots are sometimes labelled ‘food porn’ by their aficionados.
But far from enjoying the free publicity, agitated French chefs have pledged to ban cameras in their restaurants, claiming it is the height of bad manners and an infringement of their ‘intellectual property’.
A group of top chefs have criticised diners for ruining the surprise for future diners and tipping off rivals about their food presentation.
Chef Alexandre Gauthier, 34, who runs the Grenouillere restaurant in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, in northern France, said diners often appeared more interested in photographing their food than eating it.
He has now introduced menus with a picture of a camera with a line through it to dissuade diners from posting photos of their food on social networking sites.
He said: ‘They used to come and take pictures of themselves and their family, their grandmother, whoever, as a souvenir.
'Now they take pictures of the food, they put it on Facebook or Twitter, they comment. And then the food is cold.’
Mr Gauthier said he had seen customers rearrange tables in order to capture their food at the best angle, before setting off a stream of flashes from their camera.
He added: ‘I would like people to be living in the present. Tweet about the meal beforehand, tweet about it afterwards, but in between stop and eat.’
Gilles Goujon, who runs a three Michelin-starred restaurant, L’Auberge du Vieux Puits, in Fontjoncouse, in southern France, said: ‘If people take a photo and put it out on social media, it takes away the surprise.
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Stop taking food snaps, plead chefs: French restaurant bans cameras after head cook complained about diners taking pictures of their meals
Sharing pictures of food online is an established trend
However French chefs are now trying to stop diners taking snaps
They claim it ruins the atmosphere and could give away their secrets
By Louise Eccles
PUBLISHED: 00:57, 17 February 2014 | UPDATED: 00:57, 17 February 2014
143 shares
152
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Prolific: Nigella Lawson is continuously sharing pictures of meals out with followers on Twitter
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Prolific: Nigella Lawson is continuously sharing pictures of meals out with followers on Twitter
It is a commonplace sight in Britain’s high-end restaurants.
A customer, delighted with their meal, photographs their plate of food and posts it on Twitter.
The snapshots are sometimes labelled ‘food porn’ by their aficionados.
But far from enjoying the free publicity, agitated French chefs have pledged to ban cameras in their restaurants, claiming it is the height of bad manners and an infringement of their ‘intellectual property’.
A group of top chefs have criticised diners for ruining the surprise for future diners and tipping off rivals about their food presentation.
Chef Alexandre Gauthier, 34, who runs the Grenouillere restaurant in La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, in northern France, said diners often appeared more interested in photographing their food than eating it.
He has now introduced menus with a picture of a camera with a line through it to dissuade diners from posting photos of their food on social networking sites.
He said: ‘They used to come and take pictures of themselves and their family, their grandmother, whoever, as a souvenir.
'Now they take pictures of the food, they put it on Facebook or Twitter, they comment. And then the food is cold.’
Mr Gauthier said he had seen customers rearrange tables in order to capture their food at the best angle, before setting off a stream of flashes from their camera.
He added: ‘I would like people to be living in the present. Tweet about the meal beforehand, tweet about it afterwards, but in between stop and eat.’
Gilles Goujon, who runs a three Michelin-starred restaurant, L’Auberge du Vieux Puits, in Fontjoncouse, in southern France, said: ‘If people take a photo and put it out on social media, it takes away the surprise.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2560940/Stop-taking-food-snaps-plead-chefs-French-restaurant-bans-cameras-head-cook-complained-diners-taking-pictures-meals.html#ixzz2tb1pkngm
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